This is an epic picture scroll that uses China's thirty years of reform and opening up as its paper and the ups and downs of individual fate as its ink. It tells the story of Lin Chengxiang, a boy from a poor family, who came from the dust in 1978, like a precise weight, measuring the spiritual journey of an entire generation between the planned economy and the market wave, institutional imprint and personal ambition, the ancient "official path" and the new "ji industry". From the small desk of a county secretary, to the peak of Shenzhen's business world, to the state halls where he participated in politics, his life spanned the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the real estate boom, the financial tsunami, and the scientific and technological challenges of every era. The novel uses the interweaving power of politics and business to carve out vivid portraits of the times such as Chen Mo, Su Wenjin, Wang Zhenbang, etc. It also deeply embeds the philosophy of "balance" in the texture of China's modernization transformation. What it ultimately asks is not the secret of personal success, but how a soul can not only stick to the earth and nourish millet in a turbulent era, but also look up to the stars and achieve "official" achievements, and finally find the endless "auspiciousness" and perfection in the long river of dedication to the country. This is not only a person's epic, but also a deep echo of a nation's search for self-worth.
